JP6671111B2 - Shiatsu - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an acupressure device that can obtain a feeling of acupressure due to a finger pad.

    Conventionally, a finger pressure device comprising an arcuate arm portion, a pressing portion provided at one end of the arm portion, and a grip portion provided at the other end of the arm portion, wherein a user grips the grip portion, An acupressure device is provided in which a part is pressed against a body part such as a shoulder and a grasped hand is pushed and pulled to acupressure a body part such as a shoulder.

    For example, it is possible to obtain a soft massage feeling by projecting a hitting ball at the center of the tip of the pressing portion and providing an air layer so as to cover the hitting ball (Patent Document 1). ).

    Further, a massager treatment element comprising a core member provided toward the distal end side of the treatment element and a flexible elastically deformable treatment element end attached to the outside of the core member, and There is provided a massager for a massage machine that can enjoy a comfortable massage feeling as described above (Patent Document 2).

JP 08-322896 A JP 2004-41266 A

Usually, when performing acupressure on the shoulder, it is a common practice that the user grasps the shoulder from behind the user, and rubs the shoulder with the belly of the thumb and the other finger. . In particular, in the case of the acupressure of the shoulder, it is important to press the body with the stomach of the thumb, and a comfortable feeling of acupressure cannot be obtained unless the user is aware of this point.

    In the technique described in Patent Literature 1 and Patent Literature 2, a core member (hitting ball) is protruded toward the distal end in the pressing direction when the finger pressure of the shoulder is considered in consideration of the pressing by the belly of the thumb. Therefore, it is not possible to obtain a feeling that acupressure is applied to the belly of the thumb. That is, in the conventional technique, there is a problem that only a feeling as if the toe of the tip of the finger is pressed in a direction perpendicular to the acupressure surface of the body is obtained, and a feeling of acupressure due to the abdomen of the finger cannot be obtained satisfactorily. there were.

    Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a shiatsu tool that can obtain a feeling of acupressure due to a finger pad.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is configured as follows. Namely, pressing members according to claim 1 according to the present invention includes an arm portion 2 formed in an arc of a flexible rod-like body, the grip portion by a user provided at the other end of the arm portion 2 is gripped 4, a pressing portion 3 a pressing force the user added from the grip portion 4 is provided at one end of the arm portion 2 acts as a finger pressure to the body part of the user, consist of, the pressing portion 3 The main body 3a is formed of a mixture of cork and silicone material, and the pressing surface to be brought into contact with the body part of the user is formed as a bulging surface that gently bulges in a belly shape of the thumb, and the gripping portion 4 is hit. In acupressure equipment that can be used as a part,
In the main body 3a of the pressing portion 3, a base end side is connected to one end side of the arm portion 2 , and a longitudinal portion on the distal end side is in contact with a pressing surface which is brought into contact with a body portion of the main body 3a of the pressing portion 3. The bending angle is bent to 100 to 140 degrees so that the pressing force applied by the user from the grip portion 4 acts as a finger pressure on the pressing surface in contact with the body part of the user , and the entirety in side view is obtained. It is characterized in that a plate-shaped core material 3b having a rectangular shape is built in.

According to the acupressure tool according to claim 1 of the present invention, when the user grips the grip portion and abuts the pressing portion against a treatment site such as the back of the user and pulls the grip portion, the arm portion is pulled. While being elastically deformed, the generated elastic force is transmitted, and the plate-shaped core material built in the main body of the pressing portion functions like the distal phalanx of the thumb, and the bulging surface of the pressing portion applies finger pressure to the treatment site. As a result, it is possible to obtain a feeling of acupressure as if acupressure was applied to the belly of the thumb. Moreover, with the body of the pressing portion is formed by admixture of the cork and the silicon material, bending angle of flexion songs Ku-shape of the plate-shaped core material to be built to form the 100-140 degrees, Shiatsu since the body shape of the pressing portion is approximated to a first joint of the bending angle of the thumb during can increase Succoth a sense of being acupressure belly more thumb.

It is a perspective view showing the acupressure tool concerning the present invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the press part which concerns on this acupressure tool. It is a perspective view showing the core material of the press part. It is a figure which shows the use condition of this acupressure tool. It is a figure which shows the use condition of this acupressure tool.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. First, FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an acupressure tool 1 according to the present invention. The acupressure device 1 according to the present embodiment includes an arc-shaped arm portion 2, a pressing portion 3 provided at one end of the arm portion, and a grip portion 4 provided at the other end of the arm portion 2.

The arm part 2 is a flexible rod-shaped body formed in an arc shape by steel or the like, and one end side where the pressing part 3 is provided has a smaller diameter than the other end side where the grip part 4 is provided. Are formed in an arc shape.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing the structure of the pressing portion 3. Pressing portion 3, the shown even Figure 1, a main body 3a of the pressing portion 3 of the shape including a surface provided with a bulge gently thumb belly shape, plate-like core built in the main body 3a is composed of a timber 3b, by the bulge surface of the body 3a, it is intended to press the shoulders or other body part of the user to the bulge direction (pressing direction a indicated by an arrow in the drawing).

The pressing portion main body 3a is made of a mixed material of cork and silicon material, and after being attached to the core material 3b, is hot-pressed into the shape. The hardness of the pressing portion main body 3a formed in this manner is about 30 to 50 degrees, and most preferably about 40 degrees, as measured by a hard nest tester made by Tekloc dilometer GS-700N. Approximate.

Further, the core material 3b is built in a direction substantially orthogonal to the pressing direction A shown in the pressing portion 3. Thus, unlike the acupressure feeling in the prior art in which the fingertip toe is pressed in the vertical direction, it is as if the finger body is pressed with the belly of the thumb together with the pressing portion main body 3a and the core material 3b. A feeling of acupressure can be obtained.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the plate-shaped core material 3b. The core member 3b is made of metal such as steel, and is formed in a bent shape in a side view as described later, and the pressing portion is formed like a distal phalanx of a thumb. ThreeIt is built in a direction substantially perpendicular to the pressing direction A of the main body 3a. The core member 3b is provided with a protruding strip engaging portion α whose base end (one end) can be connected to one end of the arm portion 2 on the pressing portion 3 side, as shown in the sectional view of FIG. The arm 2 is formed so as to be connectable by engaging with an engaging portion β of a concave streak provided at one end of the arm 2.

As described above, the base end (the end on the side of the arm 2) of the core 3b is connected to one end of the side of the arm 2 on the side of the pressing portion 3 by the engaging portions α and β, so that the user can use the device. When gripping the gripping portion 4 and performing acupressure, the degree of force of the gripped hand can be directly transmitted to the pressing portion 3, and appropriate acupressure according to the user's preference can be performed. The connecting means is not limited to the engaging parts α and β, but may be any means as long as the arm part 2 and the core material 3b can be connected.

Further, as described above, the core member 3b is connected at its rear end side with the engaging portions α and β at the distal end side of the arm portion 2, and has a longitudinal portion on the front end side which presses against the bulging pressing surface of the main body 3a of the pressing portion 3. It is bent in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction A, and the overall shape in a side view is formed in a V shape, and the bending corresponds to the bending angle of the first joint of the thumb when pressing with the belly of the thumb. Therefore, a feeling of acupressure as if acupressure was applied to the belly of the thumb can be obtained. In particular, as shown in the figure, the distal-side longitudinal portion of the core 3b can be used like the distal phalanx of the thumb, and it is possible to further obtain a feeling of acupressure as if the finger was pressed by the belly of the thumb. Further, the bending angle is preferably from 100 to 140 degrees, and is preferably 120 degrees, and can be approximated by the bending angle of the first joint of the thumb at the time of acupressure.

The grip part 4 is formed in a shape in which a grip end is expanded so that a user can easily grip with the palm when gripping. Due to the swelling of the grip part 4, the user can also tap and massage the shoulder.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a use state of the acupressure tool 1. After gripping the gripping portion 4, the user moves one end of the arm portion 2 toward the back over the shoulder portion, and causes the pressing portion 3 to abut on the shoulder portion. Then, while the pressing portion 3 is in contact with the shoulder portion, the hand holding the grip portion 4 is repeatedly moved approximately obliquely in the front-rear direction, so that the pressing portion 3 presses the shoulder.

At this time, the main body 3a of the pressing portion 3 is formed so as to bulge in a belly shape of the thumb, and the core 3b of the pressing portion 3 is substantially perpendicular to the pressing direction indicated by the arrow A in FIG. Since it is built-in and acts like the distal phalanx, it is possible to obtain a feeling of acupressure as if the acupressure of the thumb was applied. The pressing direction of the pressing portion 3 in FIG. 4 indicates the direction in which the shoulder of the user is pressed obliquely forward from the back of the back, and the pressing direction is changed according to the preference of the user. it is also possible to change, it can be by changing the pressing pressure direction by the configuration of the core material 3b及beauty body 3 a, obtain acupressure feeling by the thumb.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the grip portion 4 of the acupressure tool 1 is used as a hitting portion. As described above, since the grip portion 4 is formed in a shape in which the grip end is expanded, the grip portion 4 is gripped on the pressing portion 3 side, and the grip portion 4 is hit with a body portion such as a shoulder by the expansion. It can be massaged. Accordingly, the gripping portion 4 can be used also as a hitting portion for hitting massage, and both the massage massage by the pressing portion 3 and the hitting massage by the holding portion 4 can be performed.

In the present embodiment, the bulging shape of the main body 3a of the pressing portion 3 is described as the belly shape of the thumb from the viewpoint of the acupressure of the shoulder. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Any finger pad shape may be formed. Moreover, as in this body 3a of the present embodiment, it is preferable to form bulged belly shape of the finger, regardless of the shape of the body 3a, the plate-like core substantially orthogonal direction with respect to the pressing direction By incorporating the material 3b, it is possible to obtain at least a feeling of acupressure by the belly of the finger.

Further, as a reference example of the acupressure tool 1 according to the present invention, the acupressure tool 1 includes an arm 2 and the pressing portion 3 provided at one end of the arm 2, and the arm 2 is used as a massage chair or the like. By attaching to a massage device, it is also possible to acupressure a body part such as a shoulder of a user. In this case, although not shown, the arm portion 2 is an arm portion 2 used for a massage device such as a general massage chair formed in a linear shape or an arc shape, and one end of the arm portion 2 is used as a general massage ball. Instead, the pressing portion 3 is attached, and the connection angle of the core member 3 from one end of the arm portion 2 may be appropriately adjusted.

    In the above embodiment, the acupressure device 1 according to the present invention is used for the acupressure of the shoulder of the user, but by changing the contact position of the pressing portion 3 and the moving direction of the hand holding the grip portion 4, It can also be used for acupressure of other body parts by treatment by another person.

1 pressing members 2 arm 3 pressing part 3a Body <br/> 3b core 4 gripper A arrow α engaging portion β engaging portion

Claims (1)

An arm portion 2 formed in an arc of a flexible rod-like body, a grip portion 4 by the user provided at the other end of the arm portion 2 is gripped, provided on one end side of the arm portion 2 the gripping unit 4, a pressing portion 3 in which the pressing force applied by the user acts as a finger pressure on the body part of the user, and the main body 3a of the pressing portion 3 is formed of a mixture of cork and silicone material. pressing surface of Ru is brought into contact with the body part is formed in a gently bulging bulge planar thumb belly shape, in pressing members which is adapted can also be used as the grip portion 4 is beating unit,
In the main body 3a of the pressing portion 3, a base end side is connected to one end side of the arm portion 2 , and a longitudinal portion on the distal end side is in contact with a pressing surface which is brought into contact with a body portion of the main body 3a of the pressing portion 3. The bending angle is bent to 100 to 140 degrees so that the pressing force applied by the user from the grip portion 4 acts as a finger pressure on the pressing surface in contact with the body part of the user , and the entirety in side view is obtained. An acupressure implement characterized in that a plate-shaped core material 3b having a V-shape is built in.